Category: Music & Arts

  • In the department of “too much information”

    25 Aug 2006 » 1 min read about Music & Arts

    I just did my best ever rendition of Michael Stipe’s part in the Indigo Girls song “Kid Fears” while I was in the shower. I had my invisible audience on their feet. Now I’m hoarse.

  • Hey Trevor!

    14 Aug 2006 » 1 min read about Music & Arts

    I was browsing the Apple Music Store a few minutes ago and saw that Bob Dylan had a new album, Modern Time available for pre-order. You can also get dibs on tickets for his upcoming tour. Trevor, who is the husband of thepopeswife is a big Bob Dylan fan, and although I used to tease…

  • Lifes Rich Pageant

    11 Aug 2006 » 1 min read about Music & Arts

    R.E.M.’s album Lifes Rich Pageant is probably the best sing-along album of all of the albums in R.E.M.’s catalog. It’s my second favorite R.E.M. album after Automatic for the People. I’m listening to it now at work, and I feel like bursting out in song: “Fa-all on me!” Of course, this would annoy the people…

  • Music morning

    06 Aug 2006 » 1 min read about Music & Arts

    I purchased three new albums from the Apple Music Store this morning. First, on the recommendaton of thepopeswife after reading her Elizabethtown Moment blog entry, I purchased Volume I and Volume II of the Elizabethtown soundtrack. Then, while browsing around the Apple Music Store, I saw that Five For Fighting had a new album out,…

  • Terror on the Wing

    25 Jul 2006 » 1 min read about Music & Arts

    Last summer, I did my first acting gig playing a reporting in a 48-hour film challenge movie directed by my friend Todd and his friend Chris. They do a lot of these movies and film challenges, but so far, this is the only one that I’ve been in. Chris and Todd recently started uploading these…

  • STOP THE PRESSES: Metallica’s catalog has been added to the Apple Music Store

    25 Jul 2006 » 1 min read about Music & Arts

    I went to download my pre-ordered copy of Tom Petty’s new album, “Highway Companion” and discovered that Apple must have pulled a major coup because they got Metallica (of the anti-Napster wing) to release their entire catalog on the Apple Music Store! This is great news for Metallica fans. I wonder how Apple pulled it…

  • Best albums to listen to back-to-back

    24 Jul 2006 » 1 min read about Music & Arts

    I’m not really trying to start a list here, but what the heck. I needed some good music to get me through this afternoon’s coding so I pulled out some old reliables: I am listening to Def Leppard’s Hysteria followed by Living Colour’s Vivid and I think these are two of the best albums to…

  • Evanescence exclusive “catalog”?

    20 Jul 2006 » 1 min read about Music & Arts

    The Apple Music Store now has the Evanescence Exclusive Catalog available. I liked their album, “Fallen”, so I checked to see what else they had in their catalog. Turns out they have “Fallen” and a “live” album, “Anywhere But Home”. One album does not a catalog make.

  • Baby Fever

    06 Jul 2006 » 1 min read about Music & Arts

    This is somewhat of an inside joke so bear with me here. This weekend, Jason and I wrote a song together with Jen as our audience. The phrase “baby fever” is a kind of inside joke between us and a few other people, the meaning of which all parties in the know will be very…

  • Superman Fever

    21 Jun 2006 » 1 min read about Music & Arts

    Okay, so I’ve definitely got Superman fever. Fortunately, Lois & Clark: Season 3 arrived in the mail today and I was able to use that to defer some of the excitement. I also bought the Superman Returns soundtrack from the Apple Music Store this evening. In addition, I saw yet another preview for the movie–one…

  • Ray Charles = Good Coding Music

    23 May 2006 » 1 min read about Music & Arts

    I decided to listen to some Ray Charles this morning while working on this project resource mangement tool that I’m trying to finish up, and I’ve discovered that Ray Charles is some good music for writing code. It’s easy to get into a good rhythm with that stuff playing. Good to know.

  • Some Kind of Monster

    14 May 2006 » 1 min read about Music & Arts

    Eric will be happy to know that I finally caught Some Kind of Monster on VH1-Classics this evening. I actually missed about the first 20 minutes of it, but I watched the remaining 2 hours and I thought it was very good. I know what I will be listening to at work this week.